James PEARSON composed on 2018-07-15 19:30 (UTC+0200): ...
Any and all help to install Leap-15.0 and/or comments are appreciated.
Is it still bootable to 42.1 and/or Windows? If yes, do an online upgrade. I've done a bunch of those from 13.1, 42.1, 42.2 and 42.3 to 15.0 with no material negative effects apparent so far. Did you burn the .iso to DVD, or stick? If only one, try the other. I have yet to install any version of openSUSE from a stick. From DVD to UEFI I just did again last week or so. Have you already digested? https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_Bumblebee I have no idea whether at the point you are reaching if Bumblebee is relevant yet. It may not be (I'm guessing not), which means some other cmdline option may be needed. I acquired two Asus motherboards in recent weeks that are at least 4 years newer than that laptop. I'm not too pleased with either's UEFI functionality. One is boxed up ready to return to vendor. I suspect it's possible you may need to experiment with BIOS UEFI/CSM settings rather than software installation options. There are other video settings besides nomodeset that could be worth trying. Easiest would be skipping GUI by installing in text mode, so change the cmdline with the e key from: splash=silent to text Text mode isn't nearly as convenient, but works on the kernel's framebuffer which don't care about X drivers. Before falling back to text, you could try other cmdline options besides removing splash=silent (which is a quieting _option_ - without it you get unquiet, which may let you see a useful error message). There's no need to type in verbose. Just remove the whole option, or any part of it. By adding vga=788 or vga=791 or vga=normal you might get a little farther, or a lot farther, or no farther than you got already. Same goes for explicitly setting a KMS mode, such as that native to your X53S, or close thereto: video=1366x768 or video=1366x768@60 or video=1360x768 Another possibility: plug it into a TV using an HDMI cable. If it's a 720p rather than full HD 1080 but no better than with the laptop display, video=1366x768 may or may not be helpful, but video=1280x720 could work. If it's full HD 1080 and otherwise no better, video=1920x1080 or video=1280x720 might be. Even video=80x600 or video=640x480 could help. https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc may have some other cmdline option to get you over the hump. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org